Phillip's agency starts higher than his control because he actively chooses each job even when the work doesn't give him power over outcomes. The gap widens through Act Two as his emotional investment in Mia and Kikuo grows — he's making deeper choices (declining Korea, agreeing to the road trip) but has less control over what those choices cost. The lines crash together at the arrest (beat 24): both hit bottom because the legal system recognizes neither his control nor his agency. The recovery is agency-led: eulogizing Kikuo as himself (beat 28) and returning to Mia with his real name (beat 31) are choices made before any situation improves. X-axis shows beat order, not clock time, because the film intercuts three storylines.